South Perich is an American lawyer who was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1990 and whose documented professional role includes partnership in a law practice. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1965, Perich earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1987.
Background
South Perich was born on July 20, 1965, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Belgrade had been a national capital for much of its modern history, and after the Second World War Marshal Josip Broz Tito kept the city as the seat of the federal government and of the Serbian republic when he established the new federal state.
The federation took the name Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1963 and existed until 1992, so Belgrade was the capital of that state throughout the years of Perich's childhood and youth.
Perich's later schooling and legal career took place in the United States, in Evanston and Illinois.
Education
Perich earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1987. Northwestern was founded in 1851 as a nonsectarian institution intended to serve the Northwest Territory, and the Illinois General Assembly granted its charter in January of that year.
The university's campus stands on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois, a short distance north of Chicago. Professional schools of medicine and law, founded in Chicago in 1859, were drawn into the university in the decades that followed, giving it a two-campus structure.
Admission to the Illinois bar in 1990 is the next documented stage of Perich's professional training. Admission to a state bar authorizes a person to practice law within that state.
Career
Perich's documented professional roles include admission to the Illinois bar in 1990 and a partnership in a law practice. Admission to the bar qualified Perich to practice law in Illinois, the state in which Perich's education and legal career were based.
In a law partnership, the partners share responsibility for the management of the practice and for its clients. The partnership form was common among American law practices, which were typically organized as firms of several lawyers with shared ownership.
